(19 November 2018) – On Saturday 17 November, the European Solidarity Corps received the “Innovation in Politics” Prize in the category “Civilisation”, awarded by the Innovation in Politics Institute in Vienna.
The Innovation in Politics Awards were launched for the first time last year, and aim to honour political work that improves the lives of Europeans.
The winners in each of the 8 categories have been chosen by a jury of 1,053 citizens from all over Europe.
The European Solidarity Corps was launched in 2016. Since then, almost 90,000 young people have registered to participate in one of its activities.